Explain Kant’s Moral Argument Kant’s moral argument focuses on reason‚ good will‚ duty and the notion that we ought to strive towards moral perfection (Summum Bonum). He believes that people are ruled by a ‘moral law’. This moral law for Kant was universal and objective. An example of this might be seen in the wide scale agreement that murder or torture is wrong. There seems to be agreement across cultures that certain actions are intrinsically wrong. This‚ for Kant‚ suggests that there is a universal
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rehabcenter.net - Co-Dependency In An Addictive Relationship When you’re in a relationship with somebody who suffers from an addiction‚ you can feel trapped and helpless. These feelings are even worse if you are in a co-dependent relationship. Relationships of this type are harmful to both the addicted person and their loved one‚ and they often make the addiction even worse. In fact‚ addiction may generate the co-dependent relationship where one didn’t previously exist. However‚ it is possible to
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Assess Rachels’ critique of the main argument for normative cultural relativism (NCR)‚ i.e.‚ the Cultural Differences Argument. How might a proponent of NCR respond to Rachels critique? Is the response effective? Why or why not? In this essay‚ I will discuss James Rachels’ article “The Challenge of Cultural Relativism”‚ in which he criticizes the normative cultural relativism argument which is about how different cultures have different moral codes‚ thus there is no single
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Downloaded from www.AnnaUnivEdu.Org Follow Us on : http://facebook.com/annaunivedu.info Applicable for all colleges affiliated to anna university. SEMESTER VI (Applicable to the students admitted from the Academic year 2008–2009 onwards) CODE NO. THEORY CS2351 CS2352 CS2353 CS2354 COURSE TITLE L T P C Artificial Intelligence Principles of Compiler Design Object Oriented Analysis and Design Advanced Computer Architecture Elective – I Elective – II Object Oriented Analysis and Design
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Theories Help Explain Drunk Driving Taylor Forté February 5‚ 2014 HDFS 2400 University of Missouri Fall 2013 ID: 333795 and Keycode: 2476 Theories Help Explain Drunk Driving Driving while intoxicated persists to be a major problem amongst teenage drivers. Although there are many precautions taken in order to prevent this type of activity‚ whether by the school‚ media or parents’‚ teens proceed to place themselves into these very high risk situations. These persistent
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constructed of responsible‚ caring and highly trained professionals‚ whose main interest and goal is the well-being of their patients. But among these professionals there is also a group that has fallen or will fall prey to the dangers of substance abuse and/or chemical dependence. The major hypothesis of my research is; there is a social‚ ethical‚ economical and patient safety problem of substance abuse and chemical dependency among healthcare professionals. In a recent lecture given by one of my
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Explain ethical arguments in favour of abortion Although the topic of abortion is very controversial‚ there are many ethical arguments in favour of it. These include viability‚ consciousness‚ and the view that the mother has the choice about whether or not to terminate the life of the foetus. Viability is the point at which the foetus is able to survive independent from the mother. This is around the 20 week mark of pregnancy and the foetus then has the status of personhood. Prior to this point
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‘Explain Natural Law Theory’! (25 marks)! ! Natural Law is an ethical system based on the view that humans have asset of natural inclinations that‚ if followed‚ will lead to the perfection of our being. Natural Law has its roots in Greek and Roman philosophy and is traditionally associated with the work of Aristotle. The Bible taught Aquinas that God had created the universe with order and purpose. Having discovered this thought scripture‚ Aquinas developed these ideas. His explanation of how Natural
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Explain the strengths of the Natural Law Theory. Natural Law is a deontological theory of ethics. According to Thomas Aquinas it is absolutist and depends on the idea that God created everything with a purpose and supreme good is found when that purpose is fulfilled. For Aristotle‚ who heavily influenced Aquinas’ ideas‚ he believed that supreme good for humans is happiness. Thomas Aquinas agreed with Aristotle‚ but saw a human’s supreme purpose to be perfection. The fundamental principles of
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Effective Treatments for Chemical Dependency Brenda Clark Argosy University Online Abstract This study was done to show if continuing aftercare treatment after leaving a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center will have less chance of relapsing‚ and more of a chance of staying sober and clean. Participants included twenty volunteers (7 females‚ 13 males). These participants were part of some type of inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation treatment center for addiction
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